4 Kashmiri students arrested in Punjab

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 10/11/2018 2:59:54 PM

SRINAGAR, Oct 10: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday said that it arrested four students linked to militant outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind from Jalandhar in Punjab.A police spokesperson said, “In a joint operation Punjab Police and J&K Police picked up four students linked to AGH/JeM from Jalandhar, Punjab.” He said that arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from their possession. He said that the module handler picked up by Jammu and Kashmir Police was being questioned.In the meanwhile, a statement issued on behalf of Punjab DGP Suresh Arora said that the students were nabbed from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, located in Shahpur on the outskirts of Jalandhar. “The joint team, which conducted a raid at the hostel early this morning, also recovered two weapons including an Assault Rifle, as well as explosives from the hostel room of B Tech (Civil) Student of second semester, Zahid Gulzar son of Gulzar Ahmad Rather resident of Rajpora, Police Station Awantipora, Srinagar (J&K). Zahid was detained along with Mohammd Idriss Shah alias Nadeem resident of Pulwama J&K and Yusuf Rafiq Bhatt, resident of Noorpura, Pulwama J&K,” DGP added. The statement said the arrests followed the development and corroboration of various leads/inputs about the presence and activities of certain militant organizations/individuals operating in J&K and Punjab.A case (FIR no. 166 dated 10.10.18, u/s 121, 121-A, 120-B IPC and 25/54/59 Arms Act, 3/4/5 Explosive Act, 10/13/17/18/ 18-B/20/38/39/40 Unlawful Prevention Act) was registered in Police Station Sadar Jalandhar in this regard. “Further investigations are in progress and the Punjab Police is working closely with J&K Police to unravel the entire conspiracy and network built by these outfits/individuals in Punjab and J&K,” said DGP Arora.